Part I: Defending Positive Thinking For a moderate defense of traditional positive thinking, I suggest my answer on this thread: Does Napoleon Hill-style “Positive Thinking” actually work? I think the example of entrepreneurs and innovators using it may be an empirical example she overlooks or minimizes. Second, I think the “magnetism” claims are more metaphorical. [...]

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